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  • Sport Shorts

    Manalapan’s Kara Aurbach has made a verbal commitment to Brown University where she will continue her soccer career in the fall. Aurbach led the Braves to the A North Division title in the fall playing sweeper back. As a freshman, she played on the Manalapan team which won the Central Jersey Group IV state sectional…

  • Sport Shorts

    The Manalapan Soccer Club, Manalapan Baseball, Manalapan Pop Warner Football and Manalapan Recreation Baseball have come together and formed the Manalapan Sports Alliance. On Saturday, the Sports Alliance will be holding a fund-raising dinner dance at the Grand Marquis, Old Bridge, to raise money for the WTC Children’s Educational Scholarship Fund. The cost is $100…

  • Gutty play, defense have Jersey Blues atop GSAC

    Staff Writer By tim morris PHOTOS BY FARRAH MAFFAI Brookdale’s Jamie Crahan, of Raritan, defends against Salem’s Tahanee McKeown Saturday. Opponents of Brookdale Commu-nity College’s women’s basketball team are beginning to get that worn-down feeling. The Jersey Blues have parlayed a deep, athletic team into a full-court, harassing nightmare for their opponents. "Speed and guts"…

  • Marlboro-St. John Vianney headlines Super Saturday

    Staff Writer By tim morris JERRY WOLKOWITZ Marlboro’s Brina Pollack goes up for a shot during the top-ranked Mustangs’ 59-32 win in Manalapan on Friday night. Craig Uplinger doesn’t worry about his Marlboro Mustangs going through the motions during practices. With teams the caliber of St. John Vianney, Christ the King and Our Lady of…

  • Borough’s Vento is a Group II state high jump champion

    Staff Writer By tim morris After winning her first Monmouth County title, Freehold Borough’s Debra Vento expressed her pleasure at setting a new indoor best of 5-4 for the high jump in just her second competition of the season. It made her optimistic about the rest of the season. Less than 48 hours after capturing…

  • Howell grapplers wrap up third straight A North title

    Staff Writer By tim morris The Howell High School wrestling team’s work has just begun. John Gagliano’s Rebels completed their regular season work on Saturday, capturing their third straight Shore Conference A North Division title. Howell defeated Middletown South, 61-14, Saturday to finish the division schedule with a perfect 7-0. Jesse Manna (HWT), Zac Cunliffe…

  • Braves making a late run at a state playoffs berth

    Staff Writer By tim morris JERRY WOLKOWITZ Manalapan’s Evan Levine looks to dribble around Marlboro’s Jim Sage during the teams’ game in Manalapan on Friday. With the state playoff deadline coming up on Saturday, the Manalapan High School boys’ basketball team has positioned itself for a return to the postseason. After a one-year lapse, the…

  • Colonials’ Vento, Costanzo claim county track titles

    Staff Writer By tim morris VERONICA YANKOWSKI Freehold’s Debra Vento performs the high jump at the Monmouth County Indoor Track and Field Championships at Red Bank Regional High School on Friday. Debra Vento will certainly remember her first Monmouth County championship. It took a new indoor personal best (5-4), after a duel with Manalapan’s Deanna…

  • Forys second in 3,200m at county championships

    The boys were up first at the Monmouth County Indoor Track and Field Championships on Thursday. Howell’s Matt Forys emerged from the pack during the cross country season to become an all-stater, and if the county championships are any indicator, the Rebel junior is in for a big indoor season. In the first non-relay race…